#1The sentence "That's the second-biggest...I've ever seen" is a catch-phrase from the '60s spy-spoof, Get Smart. When confronted with immense objects, Maxwell Smart (Agent 86), would declare that they were merely the second biggest he's ever seen.

As in "That's the second-biggest arrow I've ever seen," referring to a ballistic missile shaped like an arrow; "That's the second-biggest silencer I've ever seen," a silencer for a cannon; "That's the second-biggest zipper I've ever seen," a zipper in the side of a mountain.

#1I you look at the chalice (the cup) in the Voodoo Lady's house, Guybrush will say "Now, THIS is the cup of a carpenter".
In Indiana Jones and the last crusade, Indiana Jones says the same thing.

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#2When Fester Shinetop stops you with the Idol of Many Hands, you can choose to say "It belongs in a museum!" Indiana Jones says the same thing in Indiana Jones and the last crusade.

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#3In the demo of Monkey Island 1, Guybrush can pick up the chalice (the cup) in the Voodoo Lady's house and he will turn into Indiana Jones for a moment.

Added: Saturday, October 31, 1998

#4When you open the glowing box on the ghost ship to pick up the root, the theme from Indiana Jones is played.

Added: Wednesday, May 31, 2000

#5When Guybrush steps onboard the ghost ship he can say to the ghosts:
"I've come for interrogate the prisoner".
This is a reference to "Indiana Jones and the last crusade".

Added: Thursday, August 3, 2000

#6When Guybrush has to get the cooking grease and sees the rat he says "I hate rats".
Just like Indiana Jones says "I hate snakes".

Added: Monday, September 11, 2000

#7In the movie "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", Henry Jones, Sr., hits Indiana Jones over the head with a vase. He laments, "A priceless Ming dynasty!" In Elaine's mansion in MI1, when you pick up the vase and look at it, Guybrush says, "A priceless Ming!"

#1When you get to the bridge a troll stops you and says: "None shall pass". This could be a reference to the movie "The quest for the Holy Grail" by Monty Python, where Arthur has to cross a bridge, but a black knight stops him and says: "None shall pass"

Added: Monday, April 5, 1999

#2When the "No animals were harmed" notice pops up they say that the poodles aren't dead, they're sleeping.
This is similar to a dead parrot sketch in an episode of Monty Python. When a man returns a dead parrot, the clerk at the pet store claims that it isn't dead, it's sleeping.

#1When Guybrush tries to leave the Cannibals' village with two of their bananas, he gets caught and the Cannibals say "Is that a banana in your pocket, or are you just glad to see us?"
This quote is based on the line "Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?", which supposedly is from the movie "Sextette", where it is said by Mae West.

#1When Guybrush lands on Monkey Island, Herman says to him:
"Did you come in ship I saw out there? You're braver than you look".
In Star Wars: A New Hope, Princess Leia says "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought." about the Millennium Falcon when she is leaving the Death Star with Luke and Han.

Added: Sunday, November 29, 1998

#2When you give the red herring to the troll, he throws his club on the ground. When he wants to pick it up again he opens his hand and "attracts" the club, just like Luke Skywalker.

Added: Friday, September 1, 2000

#3At the very beginning of Act 2, when Guybrush first walks in to the
cabin, he looks at the screen and says, "I'm Doomed." This strongly
reminded me of C-3PO saying, "We're Doomed" in Star Wars Eps. 4, 5, and
6.

Added: Friday, August 9, 2002

#4When Guybrush talks to Herman Toothrot for the second time, one of the
things he can say is "My name's Guybrush. I'm here to rescue someone."

This is an obvious reference to Luke Skywalker's greeting to Princess Leia
in Star Wars IV: A New Hope "My name's Luke Skywalker. I'm here to rescue you."

#1When Guybrush enters the church to stop Elaine's marriage to LeChuck, one of the dialogue options is simply, "ELAINE!"
This is probably a reference to the 1967 Dustin Hoffman movie, "The Graduate," in which he disrupts his ex-girlfriend's wedding by pounding on the glass door and screaming her name: "Elaine!"

#1Captain Smirk, the sword trainer, says: "I'm going to put you up against.....THE MACHINE".
This is a reference to the Albino from the movie "The Princess Bride" who says to Westley:
"So...You're being put up against the Machine, huh?" - referring to Count Rugen's life-sucking machine.

Added: Sunday, April 25, 1999

#2When Captain Smirk starts teaching you about insults, he says: "Suppose I've just forced you up against a wall and I've just cut two a vertical slash on each of your cheeks." This is a reference to the end of The Princess Bride when Inigo does this to Count Reugen, in return for when the count did that to him when he was a kid.

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#3When challenging the wandering pirates to a duel Guybrush says "My name is... Prepare to die". In "The Princess Bride" is said "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father prepare to die."

#1In the demo the Voodoo lady says "Perhaps you should get a new faculty advisor".
In the game "Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade", when Indy tries to pass the students in front of his office, he says "Perhaps you all should find another faculty advisor".

Added: Sunday, April 25, 1999

#2When you talk to Carla you can say "Hi, I'm selling these fine leather jackets."
You can also say "I'm selling these fine jackets." to the Fettucini brothers.
Indiana Jones says this in the game "Indiana Jones and the last crusade".

#1In the Scumm Bar is a pirate named Cobb. He wears a badge saying "Ask me about Loom". If you ask him he will try to convince you to buy Loom, which is another game by LucasArts.
He even resembles Cob, the dungeon keeper from Loom.

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#2When you have been shot out the cannon and lie upside-down, you can choose to say:
"I'm Bobbin. Are you my mother?"
In Loom you control Bobbin Threadbare who is searching for his mother.

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#3When you are talking with Meathook on Hook Island you can say:
"I'm Bobbin Threadbare. Are you my mother?" Meathook will respond with:
"No, your mother was a duck."
In Loom you control Bobbin Threadbare, who is searching for his mother, who is a swan.

Added: Sunday, October 11, 1998

#4In the credits at the end, it says:
"Cobb and Seagull appear courtesy of Loom".
As mentioned before, Loom is another adventure game by LucasArts.

#1Stephen King's "Dark Tower" books feature an aggressive combat instructor named Cort who, among other things, had one eye and a short haircut, smoked, and referred to everyone he taught as "maggot".
The resemblance to MI1's Captain Smirk is uncanny.

#1If you look at Herman's primitive art on Monkey Island, Guybrush will say "It's either an incisive representation of the futility of man... or it's a log and a couple of rocks." This is an obvious reference to Andy Goldsworthy, an artist famous for arranging objects found in nature into art.

This is also emphasized his note, "To the Monkey Island Cannibals: Please stop moving this. It is delicately balanced. --Herman Toothrot." Andy Goldsowrthy's documentary, "Rivers and Tides" shows him positioning rocks, only to have them come crashing down.

#1The yellow flower in the forest on Melee Island is called the "caniche endormi" flower by Otis. It is used to put the piranha poodles to sleep, and in French, "caniche" means "poodle" and "endormi" means asleep.

#1The name: "SCUMM Bar" is not a coincidence. SCUMM stands for: Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion. The SCUMM system is used to control Guybrush and characters in LucasArts' other adventures.
It was developed by Ron Gilbert among others.

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#2One of the ingredients in grog is listed as SCUMM.
SCUMM stands for: Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion. The SCUMM system is used to control Guybrush and characters in LucasArts' other adventures.
It was developed by Ron Gilbert among others.

#1When you feed the dogs with the poisoned meat they fall asleep and a message appears saying that the dogs are only sleeping and that no animals were hurt during the production of the game.
In films, animal scenes have to be supervised to make sure they are treated right.

#1In the SCUMM Bar, the Important Pirate sitting on the far left resembles the infamous pirate, Blackbeard, who would braid his beard before going into battle. The Important Pirate's beard
is braided in the same fashion.

#1When you are on the big cliff on Monkey Island, you can make Guybrush go off the cliff to the right. He falls down and you think he's dead. But just then he bounces up again, saved by a rubber tree. In Sierra games you always die in the weirdest places and a selection screen with the choices: Restore, Restart, or Quit, pops up.
The font is even the same as in Sierra games.

#1When you are trying to buy the ship from Stan and he goes through the extras he mentions "port-hole defoggers". When Guybrush says "I'm not interested in that piece of junk" Stan says "Well don't blame me if you get hit by an iceberg or something!"